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CLAUDIA M
Student life
Describe host city:
Student life dominates the city
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Nightlife: Takes place mostly within the university/student environment
Activities, Travel: Takes place both within and outside of the university/student environment
Personal social experience
Personal comments
Blaze disco pub; helouvi disco; rentukka disco pub. Approbatur event.
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Housing
Type of housing: On campus
Arranged by: Host university
If returning, I would choose: On campus
Why?
i had the chance for living together with finnish people and eramus ones.
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Personal comments
It was a big student campus very close to the university and to the city center. It was clean and provived of supermarket, basket camp, saunas and so on.
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Expenses
Main source of funding:
Family
Other sources of funding:
An ERASMUS grant
Work opportunities:
I worked during my study abroad experience
Personal spending habits
The food was expensive in Jyvaskyla than in Rome, the rent for the student apartment was cheaper, i spent more for travelling inside an outside Finland.
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Food, Travel, Overall:
was more expensive than at home.
Telephone, Nightlife:
was the same price as at home.
Housing:
was less expensive than at home.
Accessibility of student needs
Second-hand household items

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Academic
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Interaction with international students
Interaction with local students
My opinion of the university assessment
Exams throughout the course
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Overall
I wish I had known...
In my opinion:
Everybody loved it, you will too!
Important factors in my choice
(1) Unimportant – (4) Very important
During my experience abroad, I ...
(1) Never – (4) A lot
Became familiar with another culture
Met people from other countries
Experienced a change in life
Advanced my studies & career
Final comments
Travel a lot 'cos the North Europe Nations are worth to seeing.
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Languages
Language of instruction: English
Was learning English a key decision factor?
No, it wasn't.
How much did you improve your English?
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
Language difficulties
Administrative / Institutional
Personal comments
At the beginning i had some communication problem but after 1 month i was able to speak to the finnish people and to the erasmus students as well.
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